Mental health
services have an important role to play in suicide
prevention. The Welsh
Government’s priorities for mental health services in Wales
are set out in the Together for Mental Health strategy and
theTogether for Mental Health
Delivery Plan 2016-19and mental health service provision is
underpinned by the Mental Health (Wales) Measure 2010 which
has a preventative ethos.

To examine the extent
of the problem of suicide in Wales and what can be done to address
it.

To include:

The extent of the
problem of suicide in Wales and evidence for its causes - including
numbers of people dying by suicide, trends and patterns in the
incidence of suicide; vulnerability of particular groups; risk
factors influencing suicidal behaviour.

The social and
economic impact of suicide.

The effectiveness of
the Welsh Government’s approach to suicide prevention -
including the suicide prevention strategy Talk to me 2 and its impact at the
local, regional and national levels; the effectiveness of
multi-agency approaches to suicide prevention; public awareness
campaigns; reducing access to the means of suicide.

The contribution of
the range of public services to suicide prevention, and mental
health services in particular.

The contribution of
local communities and civil society to suicide
prevention.

Other relevant Welsh
Government strategies and initiatives - for example Together for Mental Health, data
collection, policies relating to community resilience and
safety.

Innovative approaches
to suicide prevention.

Evidence
sessions

Evidence session

Date, Agenda and Minutes

Transcript

Video

1. National Advisory Group on suicide and self-harm
prevention

Professor Ann John, Professor of Public Health and Psychiatry,
Swansea University, and Chair of the National Advisory Group on
suicide and self-harm prevention